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The Board of Directors of Tokyo, Japan-based Toho Tenax Co Ltd has elected one of its members, Shukei Inui, to be its President effective from 1 April 2017. 

Carbon fibre is being produced from scratch in Australia for the first time. 

Fire-retardant (FR) fabrics for resin-transfer moulding (RTM) processes and a range of 'webbed' carbon fibre reinforcements will be showcased by Metyx Composites at JEC World in Paris, Fra

Revolution Fibres of Auckland, New Zealand, is increasing production of its Xantu.Layr nanofibre veil to meet growing worldwide demand from producers of composites.

Graphene manufacturer Directa Plus of Lomazzo, Italy, is leading a €1-million research project set-up to develop graphene membranes for enhancing the thermal and electrical performance of textiles

The Automotive Division of Quickstep Holdings has secured an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) grant of Aus$250 000 to develop a low-cost carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) bumper for

Researchers at Linköping University and the University of Borås in Sweden have developed a technology for making “textile muscles” that could, for example, be incorporated into clothing, making it

A nonwoven with good characteristics for filtration and the barrier properties of a meltblown combined with the strength of a spunbond is now available, according to Mogul of Gaziantep, Turkey.

Fitesa, a manufacturer of spunmelt and spunbond nonwovens for hygiene applications with sites in such countries as Brazil, the USA, Italy, Sweden and China, has purchased Pantex International, a ma

A new nanofibre matrix could provide a better way to culture large quantities of human stem cells for disease treatment and regenerative therapies.

On the 9 February 2017, the European Union (EU) introduced its restricti

A UK company is now offering its patented laundry process for the commercial cleaning of personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by US firefighters.

Kansai University and Tokyo-headquartered Teijin have developed wearable sensors in the shapes of traditional Japanese braided cords, known as kumihimo, using polylactic-acid (PLA) piezoelectric fi

Biofibres made from a silk protein of the green lacewing are being developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP), in conjunction with the company AMSilk GmbH.

Five companies have joined forces to launch Hydro_Bot as a new technology for moisture management based on the electro-osmosis technique developed by Osmotex, a Swiss start-up company.

At February’s ISPO in Munich, Germany, Schoeller Textil AG, based in Sevelen, Switzerland presented a durable, heatable e-soft-shell material that can be flexibly cut to size.

McLaren Automotive is to build a composites technology centre in the UK. 

The Czech Republic has led the field in nanofibre-based materials and, fittingly, their industrial-scale adoption will be one of a number of key themes at the forthcoming

Directa Plus, based in  Lomazzo, Italy unveiled a new collection of ski jackets containing its graphene-based products at ISPO 2017 in Munich, Germany, on 5–8 February.  The Colmar Technol

Demand for fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites in the manufacture of wind turbine components will increase by 5.9% a year to just under 70 kt (152 million pounds) by 2020, according to a rece